ASL ... yes, this is my Desert Island Game. If I have to give up all my 3000+ games and only allowed to keep one, this would be it. This bloody game stood the test of time. Around for more than 25 years - simply the best.

Devoted Follower of the Most Holy Church of the Evil Bob. Possessed and down the road to become chaotic, evil & naughty. All hail the Evil Bob and his Stargate.

FFG = awesome.GW = crap.

This is of course by no means an official evaluation, but an observation of my humble self. Therefore, I'm totally happy with my 4th Revised edition and all its expansions.

We all know there is a very vocal group who dislikes Talisman in all forms. The only way to get that group to buy a 5th Talisman is if it played more like Mage Knight.

It seems that the majority of Talisman fans mainly like the 1st/2nd and 4th edition of the game -- the ones that have extremely similar game play. If a new edition modified the base game play, I doubt many fans would be interested.

I would think that any fans of the 2nd have already upgraded to the 4th. The 4th had a very long run with many reprints, that the majority of fans are going to have a significant investment in the 4th. If they made a 5th edition the same as the 4th, there isn't much reason for someone with a large collection to upgrade until their collection decays.

That really only leaves a market for new players, which I can't imagine is that large.

There does seem to be a never ending market for expansions to the 4th -- they would sell.

However, if they remade a the 2nd edition and expansions in the classic style (pretty it up but with the same style and artwork) that might be fairly sucessful with those 35+ now.

There has been discussion and some supposed evidence that GW was looking for new companies for some of the games they pulled from FFG before they actually pulled it. How true that is and whether or not Talisman is one of those games, I don't know. But I would lean toward yes, it would be another company. Plus a former designer who worked on Talisman with FFG is no longer with FFG, and maybe, just maybe he could work on a 5th edition with some other company.

now, i'm not sure if GW will produce it as I hope it doesn't go into the Age of Sigmar universe (like Relic is for Warhammer 40k). so, they may give the contract to another company that maintains Talisman's more generic, less grim fantasy feel. on the other hand... Warhammer Quest.

ASL ... yes, this is my Desert Island Game. If I have to give up all my 3000+ games and only allowed to keep one, this would be it. This bloody game stood the test of time. Around for more than 25 years - simply the best.

Devoted Follower of the Most Holy Church of the Evil Bob. Possessed and down the road to become chaotic, evil & naughty. All hail the Evil Bob and his Stargate.

As some of you miss the Timescape:

Let me point out that on talismanisland, there's an absolutely awesome version of it for the 4th Revised! On the link below, look for the file "Timescape 2011 (The)" from user "azoic".http://www.talismanisland.com/?page_id=4888